Duties/Responsibilities:
To prove of a first class clinical service to all patients
Provide high quality care to patients, especially primary diagnosis and initiating emergency treatment
The clinical duties include all those that are normally expected in any major Emergency Department in the UK. Duties will include daytime, evening, night and weekend shifts - Participation in 24/7 shift rota
Hands-on involvement with the medical take, ensuring the timely development of appropriate management plans for patients.
Provide clinical leadership within the department, as well as specialist emergency medicine expertise
Supervision and co-ordination of junior doctors within the unit
Helping to maintain multi-professional systems of care for common condition
Teaching and training of medical and nursing staff, both informal and formal
Provide sufficient information to colleagues during handover to ensure consistency of care
To work towards and comply with National emergency medicine targets
To perform ad hoc duties in occasional emergencies and unforeseen circumstances at the request of the Consultant